Stove-lid.



W. J. M. GLAVES.

STOVE LID.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1912.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

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STOVE LID.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1912.

1,087,487, Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

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WILSON J. M. GLAVES, OF BRIGHT, ONTARIO, CANADA.

STOVE-LID.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914;.

Application filed June 20, 1912. Serial No. 704,925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILsoN J. M. GLAvns, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Bright, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove-Lids, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the lids of stoves, and has for one of its objects to provide a device so constructed that when the parts are arranged in one position two lids spaced apart in the usual manner will be provided, and then by re-arranging the parts a single opening will be provided in the center of the space generally occupied by the dividing member between the lids.

Another objectof the invention is to provide a simply constructed device whereby the different parts are locked together and without producing any open spaces or obstructions. 7

Another object of the invention is to pro vide an improved lock whereby the parts are so united that a lid lifter may be applied to either part.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character whereby the 7 parts may be arranged for two openings or one opening without discarding any of the arts.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereafter shown and described, and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a stove top with the improvement applied and showing the device arranged for two openings and the lids located in the ordinary manner; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device arranged for a single central opening and lid; Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of the stove top shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with the cover members and the bridge members removed; Fig. 1 is a section on the line H of Fig. 3; Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective views of one of the half cover members viewed from beneath and separated; Figs. 7 and 8 are perspective views of the bridge members viewed from beneath and separated.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters. The top of the stove is indicated at 10 and s provided with the usual elongated openmg rounded at the ends, the wall of the opening being rabbeted so as to provide a seating flange ll surrounding the opening to support the stove cover, these covering members being likewise generally reversely rabbeted to the top of the stove, that is, formed with a supporting flange adapted to seat upon the flange of the stove top. Asfar as the top of the stove is concerned, my construction is the same as that ordinarily found except that the transversely extending side walls of the opening in the stove top are formed with a relatively deep recess or rabbet 18 for a purpose to be later stated.

The improved cover structure comprises a solid cover 14 of the usual form, a pair of coacting half lids 1516 which when united constitute a complete lid, and a pair of coacting bridge sections 17-18 having segmental or concaved outer edges which conform to portions of the periphery of the covers 14, and 15-16. The bridge section 17 is provided with a segmental flange 19, while the section 18 is provided with a simi lar segmental flangc20. The sections 1718 bear at their ends in the depressions 13 and are thereby retained in position. By this simple arrangement it will be obvious that when the sections 1718 are arranged with their straight side edges in engagement as shown in Fig. 1, the segmental flanges 19 and 20 coact with the semi-circular flanges 11 at the terminals of the elongated opening of the stove to form complete circular supports for the one-part lid 14, and the twopart lid 1516, as shownin Fig. 1. By this ar rangement the stove openings are arranged to receive two coacting utensils and support them in spaced relations in the ordinary manner, and may be covered by employing the one-part lid 14 and the two-part 11d 1516.

The parts are so arranged that the one part lid 14, and the two-part lid 15- -16 are interchangeable in the ordinary manner of a stove- Means are provided in the improved device for temporarily uniting or coupling the sections 17-18, and likewise for temporarily coupling or uniting the sections 1516. The

section 17 is provided with a T-shaped tongue 22 located intermediate its ends and projecting from its straight edges, while the section 18 is provided with two T-shaped projecting tongues 23-2-1E projecting from its stra 'ht edge next to its ends. The tongue in provided with recesses 2526 at its opposite ends nextto the body of the section 18, while the tongue 24 is provided with similar recesses or notches 2728. The lower face of the half section 17 is provided with T-shaped recesses 2930, the inner ends of the recesses projecting beyond the outer ends of the tongue 22 as represented in Fig. 8. A stud or block 33 is located near the outer end of the recess 29, while a similar block 3% is located near the outer end of the recess 30.

The section 18 is provided with a recess 35 at the rear of the space between the projecting tongues 23-24E.

The devices 17-18 constructed as above described, may be coupled by arranging the section 17 at right angles to the section 18 and inserting the terminals of the tongue 22 through the notches 2628 until the inner or straight edge of the section 17 bears upon the projections 23-246. The section 17 is then turned into the same plane as the section 18, which movement will cause the projection 23 to enter the recess 30, while the notch 27 will engage over the stud 34, and the notch 25 engage over the stud 33. It will thus be obvious that the two sections 17--18 may be very quickly coupled and held from movement, and mutually supported so that a lid lifter may be engaged with the lifter sockets 36 of the section 17, or with the lifter socket 37 of the section 18, as may be preferred, and when this is done, the two parts 1718 may be elevated and located with their projections 21 within the recesses 13.

The half cover section 15 is provided with a projecting tongue 38 intermediate the ends of its straight side, while the half cover section 16 is provided with two projecting tongues 39- 10. The tongue 39 is provided with recesses 4C14E2 in its ends, while the tongue 10 is provided with similar recesses 4:3-4et at its ends. The lower face of the half cover 15 is provided with recesses 4;516, the inner ends of the recesses projecting beyond the outer face of the ends of the tongue 38, as represented in Fig. 6. A stud or block 47 is located near the outer end of the recess 45, while a similar stud or block 48 is located at the outer end of the recess 46. The section 16 is provided with a recess 49 in its inner face at the rear of the space between the tongues 3940. The half covers 1516 when constructed as described, may be coupled by arranging the section 15 at right angles to the section 16, and inserting the tongue 38 through the notches .t2-t3 until the inner or straight edge oi the section 15 bears upon the tongues 39t0. The two parts 15 16 are then disposed in the same plane which movement disposes the tongue 38 in the recess 19 and the tongues 39-et0 in the recesses 4i5l6. This movement also engages the studs 417418 in the recesses 4H1 and locks the sections 15 16 together.

The larger intermediate tongues 22 and 38 are T-shaped in outline, while the smaller spaced tongues 2324 and 39 1-0 are likewise T-shaped in outline and this shape of the tongues necessarily forms the recesses 29-30-3545, t6 and 19 also in T-shape. The half lids 15 and 16 are respectively provided with litter sockets 50 and 51.

The tongues and recesses extend only part way through the bridge and lid members, while the joints between the sections at the upper sides extend straight across and show straight lines only. By this means the appearance of the device is materially improved and all irregular and uneven lines obviated. By this arrangement the two parts 15 16 are mutually supported so that a stove lid lifter may be connected into either the lifter socket 50 or 51, as the case may be. By this simple arrangement it will be obvious that the parts may be arranged as shown in Fig. 1, or Fig. 2, as may be preferred, by simply rearranging the parts, as above described.

The improved device is simple in con struction, can be inexpensively manufactured and applied without material structural change to stoves of various sizes and to stoves having various openings.

It will be noted that the various changes are made without discarding any of the parts. Thus no surplus or extraneous parts are required which are liable to be misplaced or lost when not in use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a stove, a bridge formed of coacting sections, each of said sections being concavely cutaway on one side, the other side edge being approximately straight and formed with interlocking means, the interlocking means on one section being complementary to the interlocking means on the other section, a solid circular lid and a lid formed of approximately semi-circular sections, the straight edges of these sections being provided with complementary interlocking means whereby the sections may be joined with each other, the interlocking means on the lid sections being complementary to and adapted to have interlocking engagement with the interlocking means on the straight edges of the bridge sections whereby the bridge and lid sections may be disposed to form either a central opening or whereby the bridge may be disposed to lids.

form two spaced openings closed by said 2. In a stove, a bridge formed of coacting sections, each of said sections being concavely cutaway on one side and on the other side provided with interlocking T-shaped tongues, one of said sections having its tongue disposed at the middle and the other section having its tongues spaced from each other and disposed adjacent the ends of the sections, and two lids, one of which is formed of two sections, each of said sections being approximately semicircular, one of these sections being formed with T-shaped tongues at its ends and the other with a T-shaped tongue intermediate its ends, the tongue of one section being'adapted to interlock with the tongues of the other section, and the tongues of said lid sections being adapted to interlock with the tongues of the bridge sections.

3. In a stove, a bridge formed of coacting sections, each of said sections being formed with a T-shaped intermediate tongue and T-shaped recesses extending in opposite direction from the intermediate tongue, the other section having intermediate recesses and T-shaped tongues extending in opposite directions from the recesses, said tongues and recesses extending partly through the material of the bridge, and a pair of lids, one of said lids being formed of semi-circular members coacting with each other and with the bridge members, one of said lid sections being formed with a T- shaped intermediate tongue and T-shap ed recesses extending in opposite directions from the intermediate tongue, the other lid section having an intermediate T-shaped recess and T-shaped tongues extending in opposite directions from the recess, said tongues and recesses extending partly through the material of the lid sections, the tongues and recesses on the lid sections being complementary to each other and to the tongues and recesses on the bridge sections and adapted to interlock therewith.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WVILSON J. M. GLAVES. [n s.]

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